City Council - 02/07/2006 - Workshop APPROVED MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP &
OPEN FORUM/OPEN PODIUM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006 CITY CENTER
5:00—6:25 PM, HERITAGE ROOM II
6:30—7:00 PM, COUNCIL CHAMBER
CITY COUNCIL:
Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens, Councilmembers Brad Aho, Sherry Butcher, Ron Case, and Philip
Young
PLANNING COMMISSION:
Ray Stoelting—Chair, Kathy Nelson—Vice Chair, John Kirk, Vicki Koenig, Peter Rocheford,
Fred Seymour, Jon Stoltz, Bill Sutherland
CITY STAFF:
City Manager Scott Neal, Police Chief Dan Carlson, Fire Chief George Esbensen, Public Works
Director Eugene Dietz, Parks and Recreation Director Bob Lambert, City Manager Michael
Franzen, Community Development Director Janet Jeremiah, Communications Manager Pat
Brink, Assistant to the City Manager Michael Barone, City Attorney Ric Rosow, and Recorder
Lorene McWaters
Bill Sutherland, Janet Jeremiah, Dan Carlson, and George Esbensen were absent.
Heritage Room H
I. 2008 GUIDE PLAN UPDATE
Presentation
City Planner Mike Franzen presented a PowerPoint on the 2008 Guide Plan Update.
Franzen first reviewed demographic and economic information impacting suburbs in
general, and Eden Prairie in particular. Next, Franzen reviewed the process cities must
follow in preparing the Guide Plan for Met Council review and approval. Met Council's
requirements call for the Guide Plan to contain six elements:
• Land Use Plan
• Housing Plan
• Transportation Plan
• Water Resource Plan
• Parks and Open Space Plan
• Implementation Plan
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Franzen reviewed 13 "discussion points" that will be addressed to varying degrees during
the Guide Plan update process:
• Population growth in the Golden Triangle and Major Center Area
• Development in Southwest Eden Prairie
• Addition of an Economic Development chapter
• Addition of an MCA chapter
• Addition of a Golden Triangle chapter
• Redevelopment of the Midwest Asphalt site
• Affordable and senior housing
• Housing maintenance
• Light rail
• Residential density
• Development of an ISTS
• Infiltration and inflow
• Airport criteria
Franzen said City staff has selected SRF has the consultant that will coordinate the guide
plan update, which will take approximately a year to complete. The consultants
responsibilities will include:
• Moderating neighborhood forums
• Leading discussions with the Planning Commission and the public at workshops
• Evaluating impacts of potential population growth
• Conducting traffic modeling to determine road improvements for the CIP
• Developing housing implementation strategies
• Developing economic development plans and strategies
• Maintaining a guide plan web site
• Preparation of the text and graphics for the guide plan report
Discussion
Mayor Tyra-Lukens asked how soon the consultant will begin work. Franzen said the
consultant has not officially been hired. The terms of the agreement will depend on how
much community outreach Council wishes to have included in the update process. It will
also depend on how the discussion points are prioritized. Tyra-Lukens also asked how
the proposed process for this guide plan update compares to the previous update.
Franzen said the last Guide Plan update was largely updating numbers. He explained that
the City first submitted eight updated chapters for approval,but held off submitting the
airport chapter until the City and MAC had finalized the Memorandum of Understanding.
Planning Commission Chair Ray Stoelting asked how staff/Council/Planning
Commission participation has been handled in the past, and whether or not Franzen
expects it to be similar for this update. Franzen said each Guide Plan update has been
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handled differently. In 1968, the City held open forums for each quadrant of the City. In
1977 the City solicited volunteers for focus groups. In 1998, the City held public
hearings and workshops, but there was little involvement from the neighborhoods.
Franzen said Council can go whichever direction they like at this point. He suggested
localized participation based on what is being proposed for particular neighborhoods, in
addition to holding a couple of open houses throughout the process.
Mayor Tyra-Lukens asked to what depth each of the 13 discussion points will be
addressed. For instance, she said, it is up in the air whether or not Midwest Asphalt will
even be redeveloped in the next 10 years. Franzen said unencumbered land will be
addressed first, followed by the Golden Triangle, then Midwest Asphalt.
Council Chamber
II. OPEN FORUM
III. OPEN PODIUM
IV. ADJOURNMENT